Excavation in the forum, 1947
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Following wartime destruction, Lady Fox was able to excavate parts of the forum prior to the construction of modern shops in South Street in 1946-9.
This photograph from Lady Fox’s archive shows the foundation trenches of forum walls (foreground); a deserted South Street is in the middle distance.
Acknowledgments: RAM Museum archive